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Hope you all are staying healthy and safe.
Starting the first post of this lock down with a disclaimer note:
One thing I have noticed lately, on social media especially, that people have
become super judgmental these days.You
post a recipe or a dance video, do makeup or sing a song, there is a section of people who will come and say things destroying every bit of your confidence
and happiness. I fail to understand why!
One of the best things about lockdown is that it has blessed us people with
another chance to follow our passion that have been caged somewhere deep inside
in our hearts. This doesn’t mean that we are not empathetic towards the
underprivileged. These are the trying times and everyone is trying to cope with
it the best they can. By following their passion and hobbies, people are just
trying to keep themselves busy so that depression and boredom don’t set in. It
is not a crime to find happiness in the little things in life. I myself suffer
from panic attacks and I can’t function when the anxiety triggers. I can’t even
eat or sleep to say the least. So if one day I choose not to panic and do
things to divert my mind and make myself happy; I don’t see why people should
have a problem with that. What a person would do or not do it is completely up
to them. So if you find my post ‘disturbing’, kindly un-follow me, ASAP!

Anyway, coming back to today’s post, I have
successfully wasted last two months, panicking and worrying about things. It
took me quite a while to realize that brooding and losing sleep over things
won’t help anyone. I need to divert my mind and what is a better way to reboot
yourself than doing what you love? For me it is Blogging!! I am back and
hopefully I would try to be regular (saying this for nth time).

So, the first post during lockdown is dedicated to an
eye shadow palette; The Saharan from Juvia’s Place.

A LITTLE ABOUT THE BRAND:

Juvia’s Place is one of my
favorite brands when it comes to eye shadows. They make high quality products
at affordable rates. Their products were inspired by the Queens, female rulers,
rebels and warriors of African Kingdom. They are created to celebrate the valor,
richness, vibrancy and essential colors of their life.

ON MY REVIEW TABLE:Their much talked about The Saharan Eye Shadow
Palette

PRICE:20$.I got it for 11$ during Black Friday Sale, which equaled to around INR 770 at the time of purchase.

AVAILABILITY:
Juvia’s Place Official Website, Beauty Bay, Ulta
You can even order through Instagram Sellers. Click HERE to checkout a list of
genuine instagram sellers.

PACKAGING:-A poppy coral colored palette which has a lovely artwork on it and comes
housed in a similarly designed cardboard box. Details like ingredients and
dates are mentioned on the back of the outer box. The palette has a magnetic
closure and there is no mirror inside. A simple, clean, light-weighed, no fuss packaging.

SHADES:-The palette houses a mix of 12 matte and shimmer eye shadows. The color
palette was inspired by the vibrancy and vivaciousness of the Fulani culture.

KIA: The shade
which swept me off my feet. Juvia Place describes it as a smokey aluminum
shimmer. To me, an inexplicably beautiful forest green which has a rich brown
shift; it sometimes leans teal as well. A stunner and my most favorite color of
the palette.

ZOYA: A satiny
rose gold, which sometimes leans more rose than gold.

IMAN: Though looks
flat white at first, but it has a blue shift in it. It has a foiled-metallic
finish which makes it look even more stunning.

MATTES: The matte
eye shadows are beautiful, smooth, non-chalky, non-patchy and blend well on
lids. They do kick up a little bit of powder sometimes, but I feel that’s what
makes them blend so beautifully. No fall outs as such. Matte shades tend to
have lesser color payoff and vanish with time, but these are beautifully
pigmented. Chad is one of the most intense matte black eye shadows I have ever
come across. I wore these for 12 hours at a stretch and they looked fresh
throughout.

METALLIC: The
metallic eye shadows are stunning beyond words. The shades are insanely intense,
are soft, buttery and smooth to touch n apply, blend like dream and work
incredibly well both with and without brushes. I personally love applying these
with fingers. You can also pick it up on a flat brush, spray with water or
setting spray and then apply. (Avoid dipping wet brush directly on the pan, it
kills the texture over time). They have this foiled metallic finish which looks
so luxurious. They stay put throughout, no creasing or fading. I absolutely
love these foiled metallic shadows of the palette, they blew my mind away.

SATINY SHIMMERS:
Quality wise they are impeccable, no complaints; but I am kind of ignorant
towards them. I mean, after those beautiful mattes and incredible foiled
metallic shadows, I hardly give any importance to these.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

I love the color selection of the palette, especially
the unique colored foiled eye shadows. However, I miss a dark brown eye shadow
in the palette. Katsina is okay, but a darker brown instead would have been
better. I feel it is easier to control the pigmentation and use a darker brown
as light brown than packing up a light brown to make it look darker. Also sometimes
intense black looks way too dramatic; so in that case you can easily go with
browns to smoke your eye makeup out. But still the looks are endless with this palette.
You can create subtle looks as well as dramatic looks. In a nutshell, beautiful
colors with amazing texture, pigment and staying power. Great value for money
even if you don’t get it on sale.

Juvia’s Place Eye Shadow palettes are worth
recommending and this one isn’t an exception either. If you are comfortable
with such a playful color palette, you can definitely check this out. You won’t
be disappointed!

RATING:-4.5/5

Have you tried any eye shadow palette from Juvia’s
Place? How was your experience? Do share with us. Also, take care and stay
safe, during this absolutely unprecedented, terrifying and chaotic time and after
that as well. Best wishes!

About Me

Hello, I am Madhubani Chakraborty; a language expert by profession and blogger by sheer passion. Here I share my tidbits on fashion, beauty, my adventures with events I go to, yummy recipes, secret eat outs, as well as stories of beautiful brides, my DIY projects and recipes...all in the hopes of providing help to people of all ages. I hope that in my own little way I can somehow help, inspire and empower others.